If you do not understand what God's present claims over you are, you may depend upon it that as days of testing come on you will not be able to keep your footing.

If you have only a little ray of light, show out distinctly that you are for Him.

Is the peace of God in the soul disturbed by things down here? No, never! If waters break in stormy currents against a rock, the rock is unmoved; it is only the waters that are disturbed.

Soon we shall be up there with Christ. God did not mean us to be happy without Him; but God would first have us to be witnesses for Him down here, to hold out as much light as we can.

I live not in myself, but I becomePortion of that around me: and to meHigh mountains are a feeling, but the humof human cities torture.

If it weren't for the animals waiting for her, she wouldn't bother getting out of bed. Then, room service was a little lacking when you lived alone.

Do not use power to suppress opinions you think pernicious, for if you do the opinions will suppress you.

I think this lack of a center has something to do with the loss of certainties that Christianity had to offer

It doesn't matter what you do. It matters who you are.

The man or country that fights priestcraft and priests is to my mind striking deeper for freedom than can be struck anywhere.

For me, hair is an accoutrement. Hair is jewelry. It's an accessory.

This is our special duty, that if anyone specially needs our help, we should give him such help to the utmost of our power.

Every crime destroys more Edens than our own

Rockabye Baby, in the treetop Dont you know a treetop is no safe place to rock? And who put you up there, and your cradle too? Baby, I think someone down here has got it in for you!